import re

xstr = 'one two    three\tfour  \t  five   '
xlist = xstr.split()
print(xlist)
xlist = xstr.split(' ')
print(xlist)
xlist = re.split(r'\s+', xstr)
print(xlist)
xlist = re.split(r'\s+', xstr.strip())
print(xlist)
